David Holdcroft

524 total citations
23 papers, 186 citations indexed

About

David Holdcroft is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Holdcroft has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 186 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 6 papers in Philosophy and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Holdcroft's work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 papers). David Holdcroft is often cited by papers focused on Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 papers). David Holdcroft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Denmark. David Holdcroft's co-authors include D. J. Allerton, Edward Carney, Robert M. Harnish, Brian Loar, Charles Travis, William P. Alston, Roger Scruton, Helen Lewis, Adam Morton and Graham Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

David Holdcroft

19 papers receiving 147 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Holdcroft United Kingdom 8 88 83 59 57 22 23 186
Michael Hancher India 7 109 1.2× 83 1.0× 98 1.7× 36 0.6× 27 1.2× 49 251
Helmut Bonheim Germany 6 91 1.0× 59 0.7× 123 2.1× 19 0.3× 34 1.5× 24 237
Siobhan Chapman United Kingdom 9 85 1.0× 91 1.1× 47 0.8× 43 0.8× 25 1.1× 28 200
Marina Yagüello France 7 113 1.3× 45 0.5× 58 1.0× 100 1.8× 47 2.1× 21 260
Puleng Thetela United Kingdom 4 118 1.3× 80 1.0× 191 3.2× 29 0.5× 23 1.0× 5 245
Norman Pagé United Kingdom 6 50 0.6× 38 0.5× 92 1.6× 17 0.3× 26 1.2× 46 179
L. M. O'Toole United States 4 84 1.0× 87 1.0× 165 2.8× 26 0.5× 29 1.3× 10 260
Roger D. Sell Finland 8 116 1.3× 124 1.5× 163 2.8× 39 0.7× 30 1.4× 38 295
Walter Nash United Kingdom 7 133 1.5× 106 1.3× 177 3.0× 20 0.4× 20 0.9× 14 268
Carol Sanders United Kingdom 4 75 0.9× 23 0.3× 27 0.5× 47 0.8× 29 1.3× 20 155

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Holdcroft

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Holdcroft

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holdcroft, David, et al.. (2001). Consciousness, design and social practice. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 8(8). 363–374. 1 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David, et al.. (2000). Memes, Minds and Evolution. Philosophy. 75(2). 161–182. 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, Helen & David Holdcroft. (1997). Quine on the threshold of evidence. Revue internationale de philosophie. 51(202). 521–539. 2 indexed citations
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Stern, Robert, et al.. (1995). Announcements. 16(2). 93–93.
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Holdcroft, David, et al.. (1991). Jurisprudence: texts and commentary. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Morton, Adam & David Holdcroft. (1985). The Variety of Rationality. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 59(1). 139–176. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Robin, et al.. (1984). Book Reviews. History and Philosophy of Logic. 5(2). 233–263. 1 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1983). Irony as a Trope, and Irony as Discourse. Poetics Today. 4(3). 493–493. 30 indexed citations
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Alston, William P. & David Holdcroft. (1982). Words and Deeds: Problems in the Theory of Speech Acts.. Noûs. 16(4). 623–623. 3 indexed citations
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Scruton, Roger & David Holdcroft. (1980). Papers on Logic and Language.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 30(119). 161–161. 2 indexed citations
11.
Allerton, D. J., et al.. (1979). Function and context in linguistic analysis : a festschrift for William Haas. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations
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Bird, Graham & David Holdcroft. (1979). Words and Deeds. Problems in the Theory of Speech Acts.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 29(116). 272–272. 1 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1979). Assertive acts, context, and evidence. Journal of Pragmatics. 3(5). 473–488. 3 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1979). Speech Acts and Conversation--I. The Philosophical Quarterly. 29(115). 125–125. 12 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David & Charles Travis. (1977). Saying and Understanding: A Generative Theory of Illocutions.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 27(106). 82–82. 7 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1976). Forms of Indirect Communication: An Outline. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 59(suppl_2). ii137–ii141. 10 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1974). Performatives and Statements. Mind. LXXXIII(329). 1–18. 2 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1971). TALKING ABOUT PARTICULARS. Philosophical Books. 12(2). 18–20. 1 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David, et al.. (1971). Conditional Assertion. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 45(1). 123–148. 1 indexed citations
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Holdcroft, David. (1969). A Plea for Excuses?. Philosophy. 44(170). 314–330.

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